I guess there's that element of it too - I mean, we're invested in this business and the other people working there, so, we want to protect it that much more. But really, for me, it's more about gratitude. Ayame gave me a chance to work with him even though I had no experience at any job, let alone the one he wanted me to do.

[He smiled and gave a small shrug.]

It would feel spoiled and ungrateful to abandon his store now just because he isn't there.